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Featured images by the Wisconsin State Journal's photo team of Amber Arnold, John Hart and Owen Ziliak.

Randy Baldwin works on his “under the sea” themed Halloween display, which includes a Yellow Submarine photo opp, in the front yard of his home on Drake Street in Madison, Wis. Monday, Oct. 20, 2025.

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